Development of grating acuity and contrast sensitivity in the central and peripheral visual field of the human infant

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1945-1953

  Allen, Dale ^a   Tyler, Christopher W ^b   Norcia, Anthony M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Human infant; Peripheral visual field; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029896665     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00257-X     Document Type: Article

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